The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-13
TIPPERARYS MAD TIGERS
Eye WITNESSES GIVE GRAPHIC
ACCOUNTS OF THE FIGHT.

With Inexcusable Savageness-BaI-
four Defends Their Action as in Self
Defense-Police Ambush Moonlight
ers and Fight Bnsues.
LONDON, Sept 12.-Capt. Plunket, in
obedience to orders from Chief Secretary
Bafour, visited Mitchellstown and, assisted
by detectives, and by Magistrates Eaton
and Seagrave, held an informal inquiry,
inspected the barracks and visited the
wounded. Less than twenty police were
actually injured and only one seriously.
Mr.. Blunner said he saw a dozen consta-
bes attack one man with their batons. The
man felled three of them with a black thorn
stick. He also saw policeman Pierce stab a
horse with his bayonet while another con-
stable thrust his bayonet into the rider
TIpPERARY's MEN FURIOUS
An independent eyewitness relates that
when the first blow was struck it was impos-
sibe to control the Tipperary men who
attacked the police like furies The air was
thick with sticks, but before the police
reached the barracks their anger had cooled.
The people made no attempt to reach the
barracks. Six panes of glass in the barracks
were broken from the inside. The walls
lower half of the door was broken, and
there are many bullet marks on the walls
opposite.
Mr.. Labouchere, in a long letter describing
the affair at Mitchellstown, says that when
he entered the barracks he found that the
police had dragged two men inside and were
beating them with bludgeons as they lay
face downward
MURDER IN HIS HEART
Mr.. Dillon had the greatest difficulty in
preventing the chief constable from rushing
out of the barracks with his men, and shoot
ing right and left. All We're in state of
greatest excitement. There were but few
people around the barracks. The police
We're perfectly safe 1t is remarkable that
the carman killed had the previous day re-
fused his vehicle to the police. Mr.. La
bouchere says that never in his life did he
come across so offensive a specimen of an
official, with brute force at his back, as
Constable Brownrigg. Two men more un-
fit for delicate duties could not be found on
the globe than Seagrave, a weak creature
who loses his head, and Brownrigg, bully,
in whose eyes all venturlng to look askance
at him ought to be shot. They are response
bic for the deaths that occurred.
Mr.. Gladstone arrived in London to-day
from Hawarden.
GLADSTONE CHEERED.
Commons this afternoon he was greeted
with cheers by many thousand persons,
who had gathered near the Parliament
buildings in authorization of the discussion
to take place on the Mitchellstown affair
In the House of Commons this afternoon,
on motion that the House go into committee
on the appropriation bill, Sir William YER
non Harcourt QiberaD, called attention to
the general policy of the Government in
Ireland, especially to the invasion of the
rights of the people respecting the holding
of public meetings He demanded that
the House be informed of the nature
Of the instructions given to the police in
Ireland regarding the line of action they
are to pursue with respect to public meet
ings, and also whether the report was true
that Gen. Sir Redvers Butler had resigned
his post of Under Secretary for Ireland,
and what were the reasons for his resigna-
ton
COMMON RIGHTS.
He claimed that the Irish people possessed
in common with the English people the
right to meet and denounce the action of
the legislative branch of the government,
and that attempts to prevent the holding of
such meetings violated the common law
and the constitution, and were a fragrant
breach and denial of the fundamental prin-
ciples of both, and were wholly incompatible
with the existence of free government
or the rights of a free people. Some Tory
journals had suggested that the machine
ought to be used against the Irish people.
tCries of 'Whatr'l This st. James Ga
typical Tory organ" ''Most detestable and
scandalOus language has been used by the
Tines" Sir William went on, ''for the
express purpose of, driving the Irish
to revolt-language such as never
before degraded the press of free country
nf 10 eff hQln
followed, what between machine guns,
evlctions, and tory landlords, soon very few
Irish people would be left
IRISH MODERATION.
He was confident, he said, that the Irish
people would persist in the prudence, and
caImness, they had already exhibited. II
anything was dear to the Eng
hsh it was the right of pub
llc meeting, which the government
was now trampling upon. Let the govern
ment try the experiment Of their new doc
tlhe upon the people of England. The
country would make short work of them.
lhe heart of England was with the Irish in
indicating the right of public meeting and
you'd support them until justice was done:
MEETINGS must continue to be held in all
parts of Ireland. [Parnellite cheers.
there was one lesson in
Tue history of politics which
was taught moro than another it was
mat the cause which could not bear open
discussion was already lost. [Cheersl The
governments dread of public meetings
would seal the downfall of their Irish
policy.
BALFoUR's SHARP REPLY.
Mr.. Balfour, replying to Sir Harcourt,
sald the instructions the police were now
acung under were the same they had re-
celVed when Sir Harcourt was a member of
the Gladstone government. Cheers With
regard to Gen Butler, Mr.. Balfour said
ne had always had been in perfect
harmony with the present government. His
appointment as Under Secretary for Ireland
was only temporary, and he resigned now
supply because he desired not to delay hls
teEuln 10 the War Office. [Cries of "Oh!'
Oh" from the Parnelltes.] II any one
supposed that Gen. Buffers retirement was
que IN the slightest degree to a difference of
oWnon with him (Balfour) the supposi-
Sloh was absolutely false. Re-
terlng to Sir Harcourt's contention
Iat n1at suppression OF public meetings was
ne9al, Mr.. Balfour said that he did not
hnow at what period Sir William lost his
hhnowledge of the law, but It was a'matter OF
history that under the common law OF Ire
Sn1d Sir William himself acted with Mr..
TIgladstone Igl and Mr.. Forster in proclaiming
i'O meetings. tCheers.l
CHARACTER OF THE MEETINGS.